The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-07-06
\ SINGULAR DEATH.
: t"'vTci Wan itiiird by BEING iIuti in the
Head by Another pnrkry.

.tchu ny -NhOtntr t'hrktN.
Jack billiard, colorcd. car coupler in the
freight yard of the {. n G.. II. r., in this
city, met with death yesterday ]aftcrnoonin
Il most singular way. About , O'Clock the
shifting engine VAS placing Il tank car
opposite the pumps OF the turpcntinc
reservoir of Lorick & LOwrancc. aud not
getting the cm in the proper position to re,
ccivc The turpcniinc, after making several
attempts, Dillard became impatient and
hal'OCd at Scott Logan, the cOlorcd fireman
on thCS shifting engine, tina; he was not at.
tending to his business, whCrcupou the two
men passed Il few bantcriug words. When
the tanN car was placed in position billiard
got on The iOOtDOaru of the engine md told
Logan That if he wanted anything out of
him 10 Get down on the ground.
Mir. W. ID. Graham, the engineer, SAYS
he was not impressed thai the men were
angry, but were about to engage in Il play.
ful iusslc. Logan got oil the engine, and,
rs lie stepped on The ground, billiard,
laughing, collarcd and slapped him on the
face. Logan then collagcd billiard and the
two scui'icd around n little, when Logan
Duttcd billiard in the forehead. Both men
were laughing meanwhile and d~csistcd
when Mr.. Graham told them to quit their
fo0lisllnCsS and come on to work. Dilard
said he had enough ii Scott had, and
walked OIL II short distance, Willie Scott
got back on the engine. During the tuSsle
neither man went 10 the ground, but one
held On 10 the other and were kicking each
other on the Sims.
Tho engine then went up to the pcnitcn
tiary 10 carry a car, and before ii returned
Mr.. NJ. b. Green, the yard master, found
billiard lying inSensiblc under the edge &C
a car near the scene Of the Scutllc. His
coat ana shoes were oil, and he had unEut.
toned his pants, but he could not speak
when Mr.. Green called to him. Mr.. Green,
thinking Inc had been mashed between the
cars, so stated to Mr.. Graham when he
returned. Mr.. Graham then said such was
not the case, and related the circumstances
of the SCuiilc.
In the meantime Dr.. Taylor had been
summoned, but before he could reach the
yard billiard was dead. 1t is thought he
died in about 80 minutes subsequent TO the
scuillc, as near as could be Judged. There
was no sign of the blow he had received,
but at the spot where he was lying, it APP
pcarcd as if he had spit up "A small quantity
OF blood. lie was TO have gone up to the
penitcntiary with the car, but not coming
to the engine when it left, the engineer
went on without him, under the impression
that be was otherwise engaged in the yard.
When told that billiard was dead Scott
Logan began weeping and made no effort
TO get away. Soon afterwards Policeman
Ogg appeared on the scene, arrested Logan
and confined him in the guard house.
Coroner civil later in the afternoon held
an inquest, securing a jury composed of all
men with the exception of three.
G. d.. LOwndcs acted as foreman and sew
cral witnesses testified to the effect as pub
lishcd above. Adjoining from where the |
D0IV Inv thp inrU wont tn tln uDorl l,otCn
DR.. Taylor was examined. lie ties. |
tlilcd that the blow caused the death and
that il was his opinion that death resulted
from hemorrhagc of the brain.
1T was shown by several witnesses that
Dillard, on the LIST March last, got his head
between some cars and was laid
up a couple of weeks from his injuries. He |
had oil and on complained since of pain in
The head and chest and on this account had
10 quit work a couple of days during the
recent hot spell. This may or may not
have rendered a blow of any kind on his
head dangerous, but it was evident that the
immediate cause Of death was the butt re.
ccivcd from the head of Logan.
Logan was committed to Jail to await n
preliminary hearing * 0Lumbia RecOrd,
JWne 30.
THERE ARE REPORTS of another deal by
the Standard Oil Company. This con-
Germ now seek to control the manufacture
Of the carbon points used in the arc sys-
tenn of electric lighting. The vast mo-
nopoly has swallowed up the business in
cotton seed oil, natural gas.
artificial gas and electricity; and it looks
u if they desire to control the light of
he world.